Deuteronomy 32
1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Monyɛ aso, mo ɔsoro na mɛkasa; tie, wo asase, nsɛm a efi mʼanom.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Ma me nkyerɛkyerɛ ntɔ sɛ osu; na me nsɛm nsian sɛ obosu, sɛ osu a ɛpete gu sare foforo so, sɛ osu mmoroso wɔ afifide foforo so.
3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness to our God.
Mɛbɔ Awurade din. O, monkamfo yɛn Nyankopɔn kɛseyɛ!
4 [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity: just and right [is] he.
Ɔne Ɔbotan no, ne nnwuma so nni, na nʼakwan nyinaa ye. Onyankopɔn nokwafo a ɔnyɛ mfomso, Ɔtreneeni ne ɔnokwafo ne no.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
Porɔwee adidi wɔn mu na wɔnyɛ ne mma; wɔyɛ awo ntoatoaso akɔntɔnkyefo aniwufo.
6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Saa ne ɔkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so tua Awurade ka ni ana, mo nkwaseafo ne adwenharefo? Ɛnyɛ ɔno ne mo Agya, mo yɛfo no? Ɛnyɛ ɔno na ɔbɔɔ mo na ɔmaa mo nnyinaso?
7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Monkae tete nna; munnwen tete awo ntoatoaso no ho. Mummisa mo agya na ɔbɛkyerɛ mo. Mummisa mo mpanyimfo na wɔbɛkyerɛ mo ase.
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Bere a Ɔsorosoroni no maa amanaman no agyapade, na ɔkyekyɛɛ adesamma nyinaa mu no, ɔtotoo ahye maa nnipa no sɛnea Israelmma no dodow te.
9 For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.
Efisɛ Israelfo yɛ Awurade kyɛfa; Yakob yɛ nʼagyapade wɔde maa no.
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Ohuu no wɔ sare asase so, asase kesee a hwee nni so so. Ɔde no sie hwɛɛ ne so; ɔbɔɔ ne ho ban sɛ nʼaniwa kurutiayisi,
11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings;
sɛ ɔkɔre a ɔhwanyan ne berebuw mu na ɔbɔ mfamfia fa ne mma ho, na ɔtrɛw ne ntaban mu buma no, soaa no kɔɔ no.
12 [So] the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange God with him.
Awurade nkutoo na ɔkyerɛɛ no kwan; na ananafo nyame biara nka ne ho.
13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Ɔma no nantew faa asase no nkoko so; na ɔde mfuw so nnuaba bɔɔ no akɔnhama; Ɔde ɔbotan mu wo ne ngo a efi abohemaa mu,
14 Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
nyɛmmoa mu nufusu ne srade, nguamma ne mmirekyi a wɔadɔ srade, Basan adwennini a wɔpaw ne atoko muhumuhu siesiee no. Monom nsa papa a efi bobe mu.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou hast waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [who] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Yeshurun dɔɔ srade na onyaa ahoɔden; aduan ma wɔyɛɛ duru, yɛɛ pemee. Wɔtoo Onyankopɔn a ɔbɔɔ wɔn no asaworam; wɔpoo wɔn Nkwagye Botan no.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with abominations they provoked him to anger.
Wɔma ɔtwee ninkunu wɔ wɔn ananafo anyame no ho na wɔde wɔn abosom a okyi no hyɛɛ no abufuw.
17 They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods which they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Wɔbɔɔ afɔre maa atoro anyame a wɔnyɛ Onyankopɔn, anyame a na wonnim wɔn, anyame a wɔbaa nnansa yi ara, anyame a na mo agyanom nsuro wɔn.
18 Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Mopaa Ɔbotan a ɔyɛɛ mo agya no. Mo werɛ fii Onyankopɔn a ɔwoo mo no.
19 And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Awurade huu eyi na ɔpoo wɔn efisɛ ne mmabarima ne ne mmabea hyɛɛ no abufuw.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [will be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.
Ɔkae se, “Mede mʼanim behintaw wɔn na wɔahu sɛnea wɔn awiei bɛyɛ Efisɛ, wɔyɛ awo ntoatoaso akɔntɔnkyefo; mma a wonni nokware.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with [those who are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Wɔde nea ɛnyɛ Onyame ahyɛ me ninkutwe na wɔde wɔn ahoni ahuhuw no ahyɛ me abufuw. Mɛma wɔn ani abere nnipa a wɔnyɛ me nkurɔfo. Mɛma ɔman a wonni ntease no ahyɛ wɔn abufuw.
22 For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
Efisɛ mʼabufuwhyew befita ogya mu, nea ɛhyew kɔka awufo a wɔwɔ asase ase no. Ɛbɛsɛe asase ne so nnɔbae na ɛpaapae mmepɔw fapem. (Sheol h7585)
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them.
“Mɛhɔre amanehunu ahorow no siw wɔ wɔn so na matow me bɛmma awowɔ wɔn.
24 [They shall be] burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Mede ɔkɔm kɛse, atiridiinini ne owuyare a ɛsɛe ade; mɛsoma nkekammoa se aba wɔn so; nhurutoa a wɔtow si wɔ mfutuma mu no ano bɔre.
25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling [also] with the man of gray hairs.
Afoa bɛma wɔahwere wɔn mma wɔ abɔnten so; wɔn afi mu, ehu bɛtɔ wɔn so. Mmerante ne mmabaa, mmofra ne nkwakoraa ase bɛhyew.
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
Mekae se mɛbɔ wɔn ahwete na mapepa wɔn din afi nnipa adwene mu.
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
Nanso misuroo ɔtamfo fɛwdi, anyɛ a na ɔtamfo ante ase aka se, ‘Yɛn nsa adi nkonim; Ɛnyɛ Awurade na ɔyɛɛ eyinom nyinaa.’”
28 For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.
Israel yɛ ɔman a wonni adwene. Obi nni wɔn mu a ɔwɔ nhumu.
29 O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
Sɛ anka wɔyɛ anyansafo na wɔbɛte eyi ase, na wɔahu nea wɔn awiei bɛyɛ ɛ!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na onipa baako ataa nnipa apem, na baanu bɛma mpem du aguan, gye sɛ wɔn Botan atɔn wɔn gye sɛ Awurade ayi wɔn ama.
31 For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges:
Efisɛ wɔn botan nte sɛ yɛn Botan, sɛnea yɛn atamfo mpo gye to mu no.
32 For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:
Wɔn bobe fi Sodom bobe mu na efi Gomora mfuw mu. Awuduru ahyɛ wɔn bobe aba mma, na bɔnwoma ahyɛ wɔn kasiaw amaama.
33 Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Wɔn bobesa yɛ awɔ ano bɔre; aprammiri ano bɔrewerɛmfo.
34 [Is] not this laid up in store with me, [and] sealed up among my treasures?
“So menkoraa eyi mmoroso, na mensɔw ano wɔ mʼademude mu ana
35 To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slide in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Mɛtɔ were; metua so ka. Wɔn nan bɛwatiri bere a ɛsɛ mu; wɔn atoyerɛnkyɛm no abɛn na wɔn sɛe taa wɔn.”
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent for his servants: when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left.
Awurade bebu ne nkurɔfo atɛn na wasesa nʼadwene wɔ ne nkoa ho, bere a wahu sɛ wɔn ahoɔden asa, na ɛnkaa obiara, akoa anaa ɔdehye.
37 And he shall say, Where [are] their gods, [their] rock in whom they trusted,
Obebisa se, “Afei wɔn anyame no wɔ he, ɔbotan a wɔde yɛɛ wɔn guankɔbea,
38 Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank the wine of their drink-offerings? let them rise up and help you, [and] be your protection.
anyame a wodii wɔn afɔrebɔde mu srade na wɔnom wɔn ɔnom afɔrebɔ mu nsa no? Ma wɔnsɔre mmɛboa mo! Ma womegye mo!
39 See now that I, [even] I [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand.
“Afei, munhu sɛ, me ara me ne no! Onyame biara nni hɔ sɛ me! Me na mikum na mema nkwa: Me na mipira, na mɛkyekye, na obi rentumi nnye mfi me nsam.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Mema me nsa so kyerɛ ɔsoro de nidi sua sɛ: Sɛ mete ase daa yi,
41 If I shall whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
sɛ mesew me afoa a ɛpa yerɛwyerɛw no na mifi atemmu mu so mu kuaw a, mɛtɔ mʼatamfo so were na matua wɔn a wokyi me ka.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; [and that] with the blood of the slain and of the captives from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Mɛma me bɛmma anom mogya abow, na mʼafoa adi ɔhonam, atɔfo ne nnommumfo mogya, atamfo ntuanofo no ti.”
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, [and] to his people.
Mo aman, mo ne ne nkurɔfo nni ahurusi, efisɛ ɔbɛtɔ ne nkoa mogya so were; ɔbɛtɔ were wɔ nʼatamfo so na wapata ama nʼasase ne ne nkurɔfo.
44 And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea the son of Nun.
Mose ne Nun babarima Hosea ba bɛkaa dwom yi mu nsɛm nyinaa kyerɛɛ nnipa no.
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
Mose woroo saa dwom no mu nsɛm no kyerɛɛ Israelfo no wiee no,
46 And he said to them, Set your hearts to all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
ɔka kaa ho se, “Momfa nsɛm a maka akyerɛ mo no nyinaa nsie mo koma mu. Monka nkyerɛ mo mma nso, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobedi saa mmara yi mu nsɛm nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ.
47 For it [is] not a vain thing for you: because it [is] your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi nyɛ nsɛm bi a wɔde rema mo kwa, ɛyɛ mo nkwa! Sɛ mudi so a, mubenyin akyɛ wɔ asase a moretwa Asubɔnten Yordan akɔfa no so.”
48 And the LORD spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
Da no ara, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
49 Ascend this mountain Abarim, [to] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan which I give to the children of Israel for a Possession:
“Kɔ Moab, kɔ mmepɔw a ɛwɔ asu no apuei no so, na foro Nebo bepɔw a ɛne Yeriko di nhwɛanim no. To wʼani hwɛ Kanaan asase no, asase a mede rema Israelfo sɛ wɔn agyapade no.
50 And die in the mount whither thou goest, and be gathered to thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered to his people:
Bepɔw a woaforo no so hɔ na wobɛkɔ akɔka wʼagyanom ho, sɛnea wo nua Aaron wuu wɔ Hor bepɔw so kɔkaa nʼagyanom ho no.
51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
Efisɛ mo baanu dii me huammɔ wɔ Israelfo mu wɔ Meriba ne Kades asu ho wɔ Sin sare so. Moanni me kronkronyɛ ho adanse ankyerɛ Israelfo no wɔ hɔ.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before [thee], but thou shalt not go thither to the land which I give the children of Israel.
Ɛno nti, mubehu asase no afi akyiri, nanso morenkɔ asase a mede rema Israelfo no so.”
